interesting observations on furd 8.8 rear end

[Goats86]

Been pondering how to come up with disc brakes and limited slip on my C10. Read a bunch of threads from modding my 10 bolt($1500 or so), using a 9 bolt($1800 or so), a 94 to 01 explorer(lots of miles/wear). I did not like any of those bc of the cost. This is a toy not a show car or racer. I scored a 8.8 furd from a 08 crown vic police interceptor. It had all the brake hoses, emergency brake cables, sway bar, and limited slip. Now come the ideas. After some measuring I noticed the 8.8 axle flange bolt pattern is 3.375 x 2.0 and the 10 bolt is 3.375 x 2.625. The axle flange to axle surface where the disc would sit is 2.5" on both the 8.8 and the 10 bolt. Hmmmm the flange on the disc brake bracket looks to have ample meat on it. I might be able to redrill that bracket to make it catch at least 3 mounting holes on the 10 bolt. Also the emergency brakes cable look to be readily adaptable to my C10. With a little work I could get disc brake hardware for about $100(cost of the rear end). Add the other usual items such as prop valve, brake line adapters,score some readily available wheels with the 5 x 4.5 pattern and down the road I could go. The sway bar is the same width as my frame. Probably much less than the $600 + shipping kits I see for sale, plus I get a sway bar. Now that does not give me the limited slip I was wanting. But that's another story. Just an idea that might work.